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  Parseout Copybook Breakdown

PARSEOUT for Windows  95 is a tool designed

to break a Cobol copybook down into relative

positions for each field.  The program's purpose

is to do away with the process of manually adding

up field lengths in order to find the offfset of a field

inside a file record.

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Getting Started

  Toolbar Items

Button  Shortcut           Description

Open     (O or Ctrl + O)   Open the copybook file to be parsed.

Search  (S or Ctrl + S)    Search for a character string in the copybook.

Next      (N or Ctrl + N)    Find the next occurance of search string

Prev      (V or Ctrl + V)    Ffind the previous occurance of search string

Print      (P or Ctrl + P)    Print the contents of the copybook.

Exit       (X or Ctrl + X)    Exit the program.

Help      (H or Ctrl + H)    Parseout help system.

Menu Items

File    -    Open the copybookd file to be parsed

                Print the contents of the copybook

                Print Setup allow user to alter the copies and orientation

                Exit the Program

Search -  Search for a character string

                 Find Next searches for the next occurance of search string

                 Find Previous searches for previous occorance of search string

Help  -    About contains release version information

                Help for Parseout

               Order -contains ordering Information

Drag and Drop - allows opening a file via the drag and drop mechanism.

Order Information

Copyright information


OPEN

OPEN       Shortcut O or Ctrl + O

Displays the standard open dialog box which allows the

use to choose the file to be opened.  Normally the user

would choose a file containing a Cobol copybook.

Files may also be opened via the Drag and Drop

mechanism.  To drag and drop a file, select a file

from a different window (such as Explorer), hold

down the left mouse button, drag the file to the

Parseout window and release the mouse button.

Both the "drag to" (Parseout) and the "drag from"

window must be visible.


SEARCH
SEARCH   Shortcut S or Ctrl + S

Displays a dialog which allows the user to enter a

string of characters to search for.  Case sensitvity

is controled by a check box.

Search always starts searching at the beginning

of the copybook.  To find the next entry use the

next button.


NEXT
NEXT      Shortcut  N or Ctrl + N

Finds the next occurance of the search string.  If

no occurance exists, the button will become grey

and unselectable.


PREV
PREV     Shortcut V or Ctrl + V

Finds the previous occurance of the search string.

If no previous occurance exists, the button will

become grey and unselectable.


PRINT
PRINT   Shortcut P or Ctrl + P

Fast print with not opportunity for the user to set

number of copies or options such as landscape

mode.


PRINT SETUP
PRINT SETUP   Shortcut U or Ctrl + U

Prints the copybook contents after giving the user

the opportunity to adjust number of copies and

display mode (ie landscape/portrait or up and

down versus sideways as we say in English).


Getting Started
Getting Started - To See how the program works, follow

 these steps

* Click on the open button and select SAMPLE.TXT

* Click on OK and the contents of the sample.txt

copybook will be displayed with relative offsets

corresponding to the field positions in the copybook.

* Note the status bar at the bottom displays line numbers.

* Click on search and enter the string pic.

* Click OK and the first occurance of "pic" will be highlighted.

* Use the Next and Prev buttons to find other occurances.


ORDER

Order Parseout

The price of Parseout is $25.00

Parseout is a webware program.  You can only get the latest version from

http://members.aol.com/balsof/sharware.htm.    When you register the

program I will send you a registration number that will un-nag the program

and disable the evaluation counter.  There are no shipping charges

associated with the purchase of this program.  Please remember to include

your e-mail address when you order so I can send you your registration

number.

  You can purchase Parseout in the any of the following ways:

   Order through Compuserve

   Order Direct (check or money orders only)

   Order by Credit Card


COMPUSERVE

  If you or a friend have a Compuserve account, you can use the

    Compuserve shareware registration facility (GO SWREG). The

    registration ID for the Parseout program is 14863.


Direct Order

Simply print out and complete the Parseout Order Form

and mail the form plus check or money order to:

          Ball Software

          6120 West Tropicana

          A16 Suite 335

          Las Vegas, NV 89103

Please remember to includeyour e-mail address when

 you order so I can send you your registration number.

Upon receipt of the order form, we will process your order and send you

a confirmation email within two business days.

Go to Order Form


Order Form

   To print this form click on the file menu item and  then click print topic.

        Parseout Order Form item #30056

Name: _______________________    Date:___________

Address: _______________________________________

City, State, Zip: _______________________________________

Country: _______________________________________

Electronic Mail address: ________________________________

        (example:  jane.smith@youraddress.com)

How did you hear about Parseout? __________________________

Comments:

Send me ___ copies of Parseout at  $25.00  =  $______

.....................................Total  = $______

You may mail this form to

Ball Software

6120 West Tropicana

A16 Suite 335

Las Vegas, NV 89103


Credit Card Ordering

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You can order by credit card through PsL, a credit

card order service.

On the Internet, go to our Web page at

      http://members.aol.com/balsof.sharwr3.htm

and click on "Order".

Or you can FAX your order to PsL at 713-524-6398.

Or you can email your order to PsL at

"30056@pslweb.com".

These numbers are for ORDERS ONLY. For tech support

or to check on the status of the shipping of an order

or information about our products, please contact

Ball Software at BALLSOFT@COMPUSERVE.COM

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PsL will notify us the day of your order and we will e-mail

the registration number to you.

Please be sure to include your e-mail address with all orders.

Any questions about the status of the shipment of an order, refunds,

registration options, product details, technical support, volume discounts,

dealer pricing, site licenses, etc., must be directed to

        Ball Software

        6120 West Tropicana  A16-335,

        Las Vegas NV 89103

 or by email to BALLSOFT@compuserve.com.


COPYRIGHT

 Copyright and License

 Comparit Copyright 1996 by Ball Software - All rights reserved.

 License Agreement

 You should read the following terms and conditions before using this software.

 Shareware Version

 You are hereby licensed to:  use the Shareware Version of the software

 for a 90 usage evaluation period. You may make as many copies of the

 shareware version of this software and documentation as you wish.

 You may give exact copies of the original shareware version to anyone

  and distribute the Shareware version of the software and documentation

 in its unmodified form via electronic means.  There is no charge for any of

 the above.

 You are specifically prohibited from charging, or requesting

 donations, for any such copies, however made; and from

 distributing the software and/or documentation with other products

 (commercial or otherwise) without prior written permission.

 Unregistered use of Paresout after the 90-usage evaluation period

 is in violation of federal copyright laws.

 Evaluation and Registration

 This is not free software.  This license allows you to use this

 software for evaluation purposes without charge for 60 usages.

 The registration fee is $25.  Payments must be in

 US dollars drawn on a US bank, and should be sent to;

        Ball Software

        6120 West Tropicana

        A16 Suite 335

        Las Vegas NV 89103

  Credit card ordering is available, as described in the section

  Ordering by Credit Card.  When payment is received you

  will be sent a registered number for Parseout.

 One registered copy of Parseout may either be used by a single person

 who uses the software personally on one or more computers, or installed on

 a single workstation used nonsimultaneously by multiple people, but not both.

 You may access the registered version of Parseout  through a network,

 provided that you have obtained individual licenses for the software covering

 all workstations that will access the software through the network.

Governing Law

This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Nevada.

Disclaimer of Warranty

THIS SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE SOLD "AS IS" AND

WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS TO PERFORMANCE OF MERCHANTABILITY

OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.

NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED.

 The user must assume the entire risk of using the program.  ANY LIABILITY

 OF THE SELLER WILL BE LIMITED EXCLUSIVELY TO PRODUCT REPLACEMENT

 OR REFUND OF PURCHASE PRICE.